php with mcrypt configure ERRORS, please help

I'm having a problem installing php with mcrypt support. Here's my setup: debian linux Apache/1.3.19 php 4.1.2 libmcrypt 2.5.0 (alternately tried mcrypt 2.2.6 and libmcrypt 2.4.22) I got libmcrypt to install, but when I try to configure php "with mcrypt" I get problems.This is what I type to configure php: ./configure --with-mcrypt=/home/myuserdir/php/ And this is the error it gives me:

checking for mcrypt support... yes checking for mcrypt_module_open in -lmcrypt... no checking for init_mcrypt in -lmcrypt... no configure: error: Sorry

And this is what the configure log says:

configure:29705: checking for mcrypt_module_open in -lmcrypt configure:29726: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -DLINUX=22 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -DSHARED_CORE conftest.c -lmcrypt

    -L/home/[path to...]/mcrypt/lib -lltdl

-lcrypt -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lresolv -lcrypt 1>&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmcrypt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 29715 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2

    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */

char mcrypt_module_open(); int main() { mcrypt_module_open() ; return 0; } configure:29778: checking for init_mcrypt in -lmcrypt configure:29799: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -DLINUX=22 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -DSHARED_CORE conftest.c -lmcrypt

      -L/home/[path to...]/mcrypt/lib
     -lcrypt -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl  -lresolv -lcrypt 1>&5

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmcrypt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 29788 "configure" #include "confdefs.h"

This is my first time doing this sort of thing, (I've barely even used telnet before this) so please don't assume I know anything. Thanks in advance for any help you can give!! Lucas -- Fruition Design Collective http://fruitiondesign.com Against Patriarchy Conference (Eugene) http://fruitiondesign.com/againstpatriarchy Deal With It. (anti-sexist men's zine) http://fruitiondesign.com/dealwithit the Insurgent ("news" paper) http://theinsurgent.org